Nov 02 (News On Japan) –
Two Japanese areas — Okuizumo in Shimane Prefecture and Arida-Shimotsu in Wakayama Prefecture — have been formally acknowledged as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS), receiving their certification in Rome, Italy.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) designates areas which have inherited and preserved conventional agricultural, forestry, and fishery practices as “World Agricultural Heritage Sites.” The certification ceremony passed off on October thirty first in Rome.
Okuizumo in Shimane Prefecture was acknowledged for reworking waterways and reservoirs as soon as used to gather iron sand for Japan’s historical “tatara” iron-making methodology into distinctive terraced rice fields that maintain the native panorama.
Meanwhile, the Arida-Shimotsu space of Wakayama Prefecture has cultivated high-quality mandarin oranges for over 400 years on stone-stepped terraces constructed alongside sloping hillsides, representing a long-standing concord between individuals and the pure surroundings.
With these additions, Japan now has a complete of 17 areas licensed as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Sites.
Source: TBS